Megaville

Megaville is an independentlowbudget directtovideo 1990 American science fiction film, starring Billy Zane in his first lead role. Megaville is a neonoir psychological thriller which utilizes elements of science fiction such as cyberpunk and existentialism.

Raymond Palinov, an unassuming captain of the media police finds himself drawn to a spaghetti western and cannot pull away from it during a media raid. Palinov is ostracized by his superior for the incident. After nearly losing his job, Palinov begins to exhibit strange character traits. During a rally in which outlawed media recordings are shown to the media police as examples of contraband, Palinov laughs out loud at a comedy clip. Palinov then appears to have a complete mental breakdown and loses consciousness. Whereas most agents would have been terminated following such an incident, Palinov is spared. Palinov is found to be exhibiting unusual brain activity and is sent for an examination. Palinov explains to Dr. Vogel that he has been having bizarre flashbacks and seeing memories in dreams which are not his own. Dr. Vogel tells Palinov he believes the strange behavior is due to years of exposure to media filth and initiates a procedure which will remove the unexplained brain activity and restore Palinovs personality in its entirety. The procedure doesnt work and Palinovs mental episodes become steadily worse. Palinov is contacted by Mr. Duprell, the director of the CKS, with an infiltration assignment. The Hemisphere war against media is about to intensify with news of the introduction of DreamALife DAL a hallucinationinducing consumer product. People in Megaville could started new lives in their own fantasy world of choice. The government of Megaville has deemed DAL legal and its use has become prevalent with the help of a mysterious figure in the Megaville underworld known as Mr. Newman. Duprell explains that Palinov bears a striking physical resemblance to Newmans only known contact in the Hemisphere, Mr. Jensen. Palinovs mission is to assume Jensens life and infiltrate the criminal underworld of both the Hemisphere and Megaville, discover who Newman is working with, and who Newmans contacts are in the Hemisphere. In order to assist his infiltration, Palino

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